Infomation of Japan

When sending a letter, put it in the red post. They are mostly along the road. Some also are inside the building. You can put postcards, the standard or non-standard s…

From June 2006, all homes were required to have fire alarms. For new homes their facilities were installed since then, and for existing homes those were installed by 20…

Washing clothes Many households in Japan wash their clothes daily. Of course, there are people who live alone and have little laundry, so some don't wash them every da…

Yuinou is a ceremony that carries out engagement with both houses. Although the content of ceremony differs for each generation, the region, family opinio…

You would often see an ornamental cat with a raised paw at shops. It is good-luck talisman that shop’s owner expresses the feeling of welcoming customers and hopes to …

I was surprised that the exchange fee at the bank is expencive. In Japan there is a custom to give cash for the celebration. At that time, we pass the new bills with i…

“Konbini” is an abbreviation for a convenience store which sells basic all items. It is like a corner store in America. Most konbinis are open 24 hours a day without …

Otaku means geek, nerd, or freak in English. Otakuとはマイナーなのものにどっぷりと嵌っている人のことです。 しかし、マイナーであったものが、情報が広く行き渡るに連れ、大衆化されてきています。 Otaku is a person who has been extremely de…

"Tiding up the parent's house" is now a keyword.　 When parents live apart from their children and become older and older, they would not get to manage things…

The declaration of income tax must be submitted from February 16th to March 15th. All people can deduct the basic deduction from income by 380,000yen, but its part has …

Lowering the voting age was decided and each politic party began to appeal policies such as introducing a scholarship without repayment loan or giving scholarship to all…

"Chikuwa" is a tubular roll food which is pasted the mashed fish meat around a comb of bamboo and is grilled or steamed. Chiku-wa means a ring of bamboo. {%…

”Excellent natural water” There are excellent natural waters in various parts of Japan, its reputation is good. Ministry of the Environment is choosing 20…

”Tap water” We are so happy that we are able to get water suitable for drinking whenever twisting the faucet. Tap water must be tested the quality and meet…

Though you can drink the tap water In Japan, many varieties of particular water for people which stick to water are sold in recent years.　 People have of…

Ice block Why do you buy the ice block that you can make of at home in the shop? The ice is sold at shop is made by the same tap water we use at home, but …

Train with a bicycle, Cycle train The train that you can ride on with the bicycle without folding has been carried out in the local railway nationwide. T…

A bicycle for rent The bicycle is a convenient means of transportation in the flat land. A bicycle for rent is popular in Kyoto, Nara, Kamakura, Hiroshima…

Bicycle The bicycle is a convenient means of transportation at the place of the plains. For students of high school, junior high school and e…

Indoor plants in summer In summer of hot sunshine, green foliage plant in room is popular. Previously, a gum tree, a palm tree, a pachira, a dracaena, an …

Succulent plant is very popular in recent years. Because it is the reason why you are not troubled for watering; you can put it any places; it is not difficult to take …

Symbol tree The symboltree is a tree to plant in the front porch as the face of the house. By planting the symbol tree, the appearance of the house becomes better. …

Mosquito incense coil We burned a mosquito incense coil in summer in order to getting rid of the mosquitoes. Mosquito likes the young children and young people. Bei…

Baking soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate / bicarbonate of soda / Chemical formula NaHCO3 Baking soda is a weak alkaline and neutralizes the acid. And then it hardly giv…

ねこカフェ 猫と遊びながら、お茶を楽しむ空間が今人気です。 ネットカフェ、漫画喫茶、本屋喫茶、雑貨ショップ喫茶、画廊喫茶などもあります。 ペット同伴喫茶は衛生面から保健所の許可・登録が必要になります。 猫とあそびたい人はペットショップのプレイコーナーも利用してはいかがでしょう。 Cat Cafe Cat cafe is …

Radio calisthenics “Rajio taiso” means Radio calisthenics and it has two ways. It is exercises of the radio program. And it is to warm up …

Terms of weather information ■“Kinnkyu Keihou” Emergency Warnings Storm, Snow-storm, Heavy rain, Heavy snow, Storm surge,…

Beer garden The rainy season ended and the best season of beer came. Many beer gardens are opened in summer season, from May to October. …

Cool biz This is a Japanese-English coined word which means a cool fashion style in summer. And it was made by two words of "cool" and "busin…

Marking error of entrance examination test at Tokyo municipal high schools　 At Tokyo municipal high schools, there was a lot of marking error of entrance…